[[Marti Pellow]] had some vandalism that made the media - it said for five hours on Friday that he was dead. If people could watchlist it, that would be good (that should be enough for now).
The Independent, Tue 16 Jan
=== Pellow fans upset by death reports
Fans of the Wet Wet Wet frontman Marti Pellow were left stunned yesterday after the online encyclopedia Wikipedia reported that he had died last Friday. One fan, Sophie Cornwell, said: "I couldn't believe my eyes when I read that he was dead - I was absolutely shell shocked." Natasha Mensah, Pellow's publicist, confirmed he was "definitely still alive". A Wikipedia spokesman, David Gerard, said: "We would like to apologise for any distress we may have caused... but occasionally pranksters change details on the site." ===
(Thanks to Steel359 for typing it in. Article was a tiny space-filler on p12.)
I'm sure what I actually said was "Yeah, we get this sort of rubbish all the time ..." But newspapers are a reliable source, so that must be what I actually said.
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- d.
He also changed Dec (of Ant and Dec) to a dead Dec. I have left a test2. Incidentaly the Pellow article had the date 12 january (with a lower case j), which would be a tip off for an experienced user.
On 17/01/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
[[Marti Pellow]] had some vandalism that made the media - it said for five hours on Friday that he was dead. If people could watchlist it, that would be good (that should be enough for now).
The Independent, Tue 16 Jan
=== Pellow fans upset by death reports
Fans of the Wet Wet Wet frontman Marti Pellow were left stunned yesterday after the online encyclopedia Wikipedia reported that he had died last Friday. One fan, Sophie Cornwell, said: "I couldn't believe my eyes when I read that he was dead - I was absolutely shell shocked." Natasha Mensah, Pellow's publicist, confirmed he was "definitely still alive". A Wikipedia spokesman, David Gerard, said: "We would like to apologise for any distress we may have caused... but occasionally pranksters change details on the site." ===
(Thanks to Steel359 for typing it in. Article was a tiny space-filler on p12.)
I'm sure what I actually said was "Yeah, we get this sort of rubbish all the time ..." But newspapers are a reliable source, so that must be what I actually said.
By the way, this article did not have a {{WPBiography}} template on the talk page. Every bio should have one of these, particularly living bios. If you EVER spot a bio, particularly a living one, with a red-linked talk page, please put {{WPBiography}} on the talk page! [[Template:WPBiography]] lists how to fill it in.
- d.
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On 17/01/07, Richard Farmbrough richard@farmbrough.co.uk wrote:
He also changed Dec (of Ant and Dec) to a dead Dec. I have left a test2. Incidentaly the Pellow article had the date 12 january (with a lower case j), which would be a tip off for an experienced user.
I think that the IP changed Dec's height to 3'7" indicated he was being silly. If caught in the act I'd have given them an hour-long "well done, here is your applause" block myself ...
- d.
On 17/01/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
spokesman, David Gerard, said: "We would like to apologise for any distress we may have caused... but occasionally pranksters change details on the
See, *they* thought he said "prankster", but we all know what he's more likely to have said. :P
Rob Church
At 16:58 +0000 17/1/07, Rob Church wrote:
On 17/01/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
spokesman, David Gerard, said: "We would like to apologise for any distress we may have caused... but occasionally pranksters change details on the
See, *they* thought he said "prankster", but we all know what he's more likely to have said. :P
Rob Church
Branleur?
Gordo
I think I found the reason behind this spate of vandalism
http://www.b3ta.com/newsletter/issue261/ - scroll down to "wiki-death"
http://www.b3ta.com/newsletter/issue259/ - the original encouragement, under "star in next week's issue"
Silly b3ta. Although to be honest, it was the b3ta newsletter that introduced me to Wikipedia in the first place.
the wub
Ahh, that explains it.
I suppose then that this was inevitable then: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rob_Manuel&diff=101896573&...
On 20/01/07, the wub thewub.wiki@googlemail.com wrote:
I think I found the reason behind this spate of vandalism
http://www.b3ta.com/newsletter/issue261/ - scroll down to "wiki-death"
http://www.b3ta.com/newsletter/issue259/ - the original encouragement, under "star in next week's issue"
Silly b3ta. Although to be honest, it was the b3ta newsletter that introduced me to Wikipedia in the first place.
the wub
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